NEWS FROM THE EDGE

Tech Tips and Advice from the Experts at Dynamic Edge

Update your website from you phone

Good morning everyone! I found a nifty tool I wanted to share with you. WordPress 2 for the iPhone allows you to post to your WordPress blog from your phone. It also allows you to update your site content if you have a WordPress site like us. No more texting and driving for me…time for a blog-by!

If you are interested in how it can help you, or how to get a site that allows you to update the content yourself, contact Skyler on our website team. He will help you out.
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You can still be a target for identify thieves and hackers even if you have anti-virus, spyware protection and a firewall! Read on to find out how YOU are giving these folks access to your personal identity-thieftinformation…

You have a good firewall, your antivirus is up to date, your spyware protection is set up and you keep up with all of the security patches, you are safe, right?

WRONG!

According to a recent study, 37% of online identify theft had one thing in common: it was caused by an action taken by the user. You got it folks, over 1/3 of all identity thefts are not thefts at all, they are out right identity-give-a-ways!
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Business Computer ServiceWell, its offical…someone other than my mom thinks we are the best computer related consulting services in Ann Arbor. Next stop: best of Nashville! Here’s the press release:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Dynamic Edge Receives 2009 Best of Ann Arbor Award

U.S. Commerce Association’s Award Plaque Honors the Achievement

WASHINGTON D.C., June 8, 2009 — Dynamic Edge has been selected for the 2009 Best of Ann Arbor Award in the Computer Related Consulting Services category by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA).
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“Bruce, we reboot the server each morning when we come in. This keeps it from crashing,” my new client told me as we discussed the action plan we put together to make their network stable and problem free. As I tried to figure out how to respond to this, he went on to ask me if rebooting his server would be covered under Fixed IT. The answer is YES, if you want your server rebooted every day, we will do it for you. However if you are rebooting your server every day or even once a week, there is something else going on! In this customer’s case their backups were not set up correctly by their last vendor (who never seemed to get around to calling my new customer back, good for us, bad for them). Each night this backup process would get locked up and cause the server to fail when the staff arrived and started to log in to the network. Moreover, they were not even getting a complete backup of the data on the server!
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Week of Customer Celebration!

Cornbread MuffinsThe celebration of Dynamic Edge customers started on Saturday with dinner at Miro District, one of my favorite places for a drink in Nashville.

Yes, we do provide Miro District’s computer and server support as well as all of their website deign. But did you know that we also give them feedback on their martini and wine selection?

Back to Michigan on Monday and found that Debra made Jiffy Cornbread Muffins for the team! Tasty. We provide all of the web design and database programming for their website. (and we are getting ready to release an update!)
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Excel: Pivot Tables Save Time!

Before I get started about how to make a Pivot Table, you may want to know why you’d use it. Here are some a few of the most common reasons people use the Pivot Table:

  • It can be easier than working with complicated formulas.
  • You can summarizing rows of unreadable data into a chart you can use.
  • Perfect for tracking product sales by location, customer demographics, etc.
  • You can impress your boss, co-workers, or statistically-inclined friends with a informative and efficient reports.

Now, what you’ve been waiting for! Here’s how you make and use Excel’s Pivot Table function.
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